Pole-anchor.



s. M. GRITES.

POLE ANCHOR.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 8.1913.

1,105,884.1 Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

r11/ome f mum WI T NESS/5 S ffm. 6XA @cf/W ACir v STANLEYM. RITES, OF ST. MARTINVILLE, LUIS'IANA.

PeilingencHoIt` Specication of Letters Patent.

ratenteaaug.' 4, 1914.

Application led January 8. 1913. Serial No. 740,821. t

T0 all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, S'raxmci' M. Carries, a citizen4 of the United States, residingr at St. Martinville, in the parish of St. lMartin and State of Louisiana,`have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pole-Anchors, of which the following is a' specification.

This invention relates to earth anchors of the vtype which vare used to hold the lower ends of pole braces such as' are frequently used in connection with telegraph and telephone poles. f

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved. device ofthis character wherein arrangement is made so that the' cross member or flukeof the anchor may be placed in position without disturbing the earth lyingr in the direction of the stress exertedby the brace wire or cable.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consistsl'in general of certain novel details ot'construction and combination' of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

.and specifically claimed. I

ln the accompanying drawings. like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views. and Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in use, the earth being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a transverse detail showing the parts in position'o an enlai-ged scale. Fig. 3 isa view of the parts disassembled.-

In vcarrying out the obJect of this invention there is provided a rod 1Q having an eye 11. formed at one end for the attachment of the brace wire orcable. Atthe other end of this rodthere is provided an-open ing 12 for the reception of a pin 13 and this pin has the head 14 slightly upset to prevent its` dropping through the openingr l). ln connection with the rod 10 there is used a cuff 15 of elliptical' form and provided at one end of its shorteraX-is with an opening 1G for the reception of the lower end of the rod.

There lis also provided a pointed stake V17 Which is of such size that it wlll pass --through the cuflwhen the rod is in position y theearth, whereupon its end is lited into the and will project a considerableudistance ont either' sidcmf said cuff.

tutes the anchor fluke.

ln using the device the earth is 'removed at 18 so that a hole is formed extending at Thisl stake consti- 'right angles to the line'draft which will be .5-I

exerled by the brace wire 19. The. culi is then placed at the bottom of this hole and'- the rod 10` driven through the earth until its lower end projects into the opening in opening 16 ofthe cuff. The pin 13 is then? inserted 'through the opening 12 and the pointed stake 17 driven into position so that it projects into the undisturbed portion of f the'earth. The o )ening in the round may then be filled and tamped solit ly when it will be plain that great stress may be exerted upon the wire 1.9.without disturbing the anchor because of the large body of uridisturbed earth between the anchor fluke and the eye 11. 4It will also belobvious that by reason of theelliptical shape of the cuil' a greater cross sectional area is obtained to resist withdrawal `and furthermore a flattened stake may be used for the same purpose. It will also be noted that the rod 10 f crms thel stock of the anchor.

There hasV thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and of the character specified.`

It will be obvious that rnany minor changes may be made in the form and construction ot this invention without `departing from the material principles thereof.

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It is not therefore desire vention to the exact form herein shown and described, .but it is wished to include all such as come properly within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is f.

r v i ,i l 1. In an earth anchor, the combmatronl/ with a stock consisting of a rigid rod; of. af.; culi, means for connecting said-rod and cuff after the rod has been driven into earth, and

a fluke consisting of a pointed stakeje'xtending at right angles to the stockland movable through said cuil'.

v and/'the'cufiwhen the ro In .an eth anchor, the combinationV with a stock consisting of a rid rod adapted toI be driven through eert an opening formed substantially at right an- .5 gle'sto the line of drive', of a ci, means for end of lsaid rod e is-in os1t1on in the earth, and a flukeA consisting o a pointed connecting the penetrating to penetrate nd movable t rough the cuff.

In testimony whereol I aix my signa- .I

ture in presence of two' witnesses. A STANLEY. M. QRITES.

Witnesses: I u

DAN. W.VoonH`;rEs, ,F. E; DEIAHANssAr. 

